Help more funny women make more funny stuff!
GOLD Comedy is building THE comedy talent, content, and power pipeline for women and other "others."
Project Description
What is GOLD❓
Why GOLD❓
Times have changed—women can be Ghostbusters now!—but dudes still dominate the comedy world and access to it.
We love these guys! But men are still "comics," and women are ... "female comics." (Or, GOD help us, "comediennes.") And as long as comedy is defined by men, it's not designed for women.
SO: Women don't have access to the comedy opportunities they want, whether they're exploring a creative side hustle or chasing showbiz dreams.
What to do? GIVE women access to the comedy opportunities they want. 🔥
🔨 That’s why GOLD is building a new pipeline.
Our classes, community, celeb/pro speaker series, mics and shows, professional network, and more build expertise, creativity, confidence, and resumes. We make it easier for women and other "others" to get into and level up in all kinds and aspects of comedy. And the biggest part of the GOLD pipeline:
📣 Our digital sketch comedy teams.
Gotta say, our pilot went pretty well.
📈 So now, with your help, we grow.
Help us give our new slate of teams the best experience, the most exposure, and the sweetest success.
🙌 Teamwork makes the dream work.
Our team represents a combined 180+ years of experience in comedy, media, brand-building, and marketing, plus serious business chops.
[🚨Scroll up to REWARDS tab to see all the awesome rewards!]
🤩 Join the GOLD fam!
✅ Fund our sketch teams on this page and get swell rewards!
✅ Share this campaign with people like you who want to see more women and non-binary folks succeed in comedy.
✅ Join our club—and/or tell a friend, too!
[🚨Scroll up to REWARDS tab to see all the awesome rewards!]
Updates
The Campaign FAQs
How do I join GOLD or apply to join a digital team?
That's an AWESOME question.
Click here to join the GOLD Club, and click here to apply to join a team.
NOTE: All team members are GOLD members, but not all GOLD members are on teams. We've got LOTS of other stuff going on!
Is my contribution tax-deductible?
It is not, as GOLD is a for-profit company. Hence the snazzy rewards instead!
I have other ideas for how I'd like to support GOLD. How do I get in touch?
We are all ears! Find us at [email protected]. Thanks!
Just Because I Care
GOLD founder Lynn Harris's guacamole recipe is a recipe for women's power and success in the comedy industry. OK NOT REALLY BUT IT IS AMAZING. Kick in $25 to keep this comedy party snacking AND learn the secret (and there is one!) of perfect guac, every time.
AND
You will also get 1 shout-out on our socials. Makes it easy for you to repost and tell the world about @GOLDComedy! 😉 😇
Curl up with a copy of our own original and exclusive 'zine: Comedy Advice from V Funny Women and Non-Binary Folks, in which 49* comics from Adrienne Chalepah to Jo Firestone to X Mayo share with GOLD the best—and WORST–comedy advice they've ever gotten.
Plus both of the $25 rewards!
*49 is funnier than 50.
Pan for comedy gold in your own life with a copy of GOLD's exclusive 100 Best Personal Writing Prompts. This is an extended dance version (50% more prompts!) of the worksheet we provide to our paying members. It's a writing and brainstorming tool—not just for comics—that you can go back to to juice our creativity again and again.
PLUS: All rewards through $50.
Enable a new member to join GOLD's sketch teams through our scholarship program.
We are committed to keeping our doors wide open to people from underrepresented backgrounds and underfunded bank accounts. Through our scholarship program, we are able to offer individuals 50% off ($150) one year of membership in GOLD ($300), with full access to everything included. The fuller this fund, the bigger the opportunity and impact our teams can provide.
Our need- and demographic-aware scholarships are open to:
- People of color
- Women
- Veterans
- LGBTQ+ individuals
- Folks without the means to afford full GOLD membership
- Folks with disabilities
AND: We'll list your name in a dedicated space on our website.
PLUS: All rewards through $100.
Help us put the FUN in FUNd!
You or a funny friend of choice will receive a 1-year membership in the GOLD Comedy Club: where women/non-binary folks grow their comedy skills, careers, and side hustles. Includes: unlimited live/on-demand classes and workshops, celeb/pro speaker series, open mics and shows, access to a network of peers and pros, and more, mostly online, all on a private, ad-free, bro-vibe-free platform. ($299 value; can be gifted.)
PLUS: Your name will appear in a dedicated space on our website.
AND: All rewards through the $100 level.
MORE ADDED!
Girl walks into a bar ... and signs her book for you! We've got a copy of Rachel Dratch's hilarious, touching memoir with your name on it...like, actually Sharpied for you by Rachel actual Dratch! Enjoy this collectors' item, and (re)reading the book!
PLUS: All rewards through the $250 level.
Girl walks into a bar ... and signs her book for you! We've got a copy of Rachel Dratch's hilarious, touching memoir with your name on it...like, actually Sharpied for you by Rachel actual Dratch! Enjoy this collectors' item, and (re)reading the book!
PLUS: All rewards through the $250 level.
Realize a comedy dream just by showing up! You'll get the chance to appear as an extra in one of our sketch productions. If we've got a team in your city, it'll be IRL, but if not, fear not: we'll get you in there virtually. Open to folks of any gender/age/species. Show off your kids/pets! (Can also be gifted.)
PLUS: All rewards through $250.
Award-winning journalist/novelist/GOLD founder Lynn Harris will punch up your article/essay/speech draft.** (We hear she's good.)
PLUS: Your name will appear in a dedicated space on our website.
AND: All rewards through the $100 level.
**In the interest of complying with WGA strike rules and supporting/protecting writers, projects discussed with Lynn must be designed for written publication or live performance only. Projects submitted should be designed for a one-hour punch-up session.
Get one actionable, inspirational, enviable hour of one-on-one coaching (virtual) with one of three distinguished, award-winning experts in the comedy field! Choose from:
- 1 hour of expert coaching on your storytelling or standup designed for live performance only**) with Ophira Eisenberg (NPR, The Moth, "Parenting is a Joke" on iHeartMedia)
- 1 hour of expert feedback on your sketch video/digital short with triple-Emmy-nominated GOLD sketch teams manager Ana Breton (Samantha Bee, Drew Barrymore, Kelly Clarkson)**
- 1 hour of expert feedback on your TV show idea, pitch, or pilot script (for a 1/2 hour show) with GOLD Label premium instructor Ryan Elizabeth Cunningham (Broad City, Search Party, Inside Amy Schumer)**
Note: Only 3 of each are available. We will update as needed.
PLUS: All rewards through the $250 level.
**Notes in support of the WGA strike: Ryan has no relationship with any struck companies. No interaction with Ryan about television writing should be considered an actual pitch.
Reading books by/about funny women is fundamental. Choose three books from GOLD's curated bookshelf!
PLUS: All rewards through the $250 level.
Somebody, somewhere named THE LEGENDARY BRIDGET EVERETT will sing you or a friend a customized Happy Birthday greeting!
(The greeting will be virtual and pre-recorded.)
PLUS: All rewards through $250.
Enable 5 new members to join GOLD's teams through our scholarship program.
We are committed to keeping our doors wide open to people from underrepresented backgrounds and underfunded bank accounts. Through our scholarship program, we are able to offer 50% off ($150) one year of membership in GOLD ($300), with full access to everything included. The fuller this fund, the bigger the opportunity and impact our teams can provide.
Our need- and demographic-aware scholarships are open to:
- People of color
- Women
- Veterans
- LGBTQ+ individuals
- Folks without the means to afford full GOLD membership
- Folks with disabilities
PLUS: All rewards through the $250 level.
Help us put the FUN in FUNd!
Take Your Sense of Humor To Work Day: How To Be Authentically Funny and Appropriately Professional (and Why it Will Help You Get More Done)—a 2-hour workshop for women + non-binary folks led by GOLD founder and CEO Lynn Harris.
Available online or in person (NYC only). Bring Lynn to your workplace, professional community, or group of friends!
PLUS: All rewards through the $100 level AND a 1-year membership in GOLD Comedy (see $250 level info).
Make yourself HEARD with this private 90-minute Power Session with GOLD's pals at Vital Voice Training. You will:
- learn what voice and communication work can do for you
- how to nail your short speech/elevator speech
- take home some tools for self-inquiry and, if you like, a custom plan for moving forward
PLUS: All rewards through $500.
Q: Who spent 9 years as the hilarious host of NPR's Ask Me Another? A: Ophira Eisenberg, and she's ready to run a private trivia game for 10 friends in your home (NYC only) or Zoom room. We'll also build out your bar with a sampling of Parch non-alcoholic agave spirits!
PLUS: All rewards through $250.
Everyone's got a story—but not everyone gets to workshop theirs IN THEIR OWN HOME with frequent Moth Story Slam host Ophira Eisenberg. She'll come to you in person in NYC, or via Zoom elsewhere, and spend 2.5 hours helping you and four friends edit, polish, and present your stories. And we'll throw in tasty beverages provided by Parch non-alcoholic agave spirits!
PLUS: All rewards through $500.
This day is that day! A full-day private standup workshop for your team or friends (women and non-binary), ending in a homegrown performance for friends/family/fans/co-workers. Get to know comedy technique—and each other—and write jokes only YOU can tell.10 people max. Led by GOLD founder Lynn Harris, who designed GOLD's flagship standup curriculum.
Even if you don't dream of being the next Ali Wong, comedy will give you power. Because when you make people laugh, you make people listen.
You will get the tools to:
- Write faster
- Think sharper
- Read a room
- Listen closer
- Land a punch
- Thicken your skin
- Mine your life for material
- Write jokes only YOU can write
- Find more funny all around you
We will come to your home/office/other space, bearing beverages from Parch non-alcoholic agave spirits.
PLUS: All rewards through $250.
Turn your home into a friendly comedy club with a private standup comedy show featuring the stylings of Negin Farsad (Wait Wait Don't Tell me, Fake The Nation), Ophira Eisenberg (NPR, The Moth), and 3 other beloved and /impressive women/non-binary comics such as Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Jo Firestone, or Jes Tom (pending availability). NYC only.
AND
Celebrity makeup artist Theo Kogan (model, actress, lead singer of Lunachicks) will come to your home to glam you up before the big event.
AND
Fun beverages provided by Parch non-alcoholic agave spirits!
PLUS: All rewards through the $250 level.
Elite members of GOLD's digital teams will create awesome branded content for your awesome product.
Deliverables include: onboarding meeting, proposal, revisions, final production of 1 YouTube short.
(Comp: This ditty was featured by a national physical therapy chain.)
Questions first? Please ask!
Be the Lorne/Lorna Michaels of GOLD's digital teams!
You will get:
- Executive Producer credit on every sketch made by the 2023 teams cohort, and on our website
- The opportunity to visit a set and/or team meeting
- The chance to make a cameo in a sketch
- The deep satisfaction of knowing that you are an essential accelerant of the success of women and other "others" in comedy
PLUS:
- All rewards through $250
- The Work Room
- The Personal Trainer (your choice of 1)
- 1 at-home/virtual event (The Game Show, The Story Slam, The Home Club)
Rewards
Just Because I Care
GOLD founder Lynn Harris's guacamole recipe is a recipe for women's power and success in the comedy industry. OK NOT REALLY BUT IT IS AMAZING. Kick in $25 to keep this comedy party snacking AND learn the secret (and there is one!) of perfect guac, every time.
AND
You will also get 1 shout-out on our socials. Makes it easy for you to repost and tell the world about @GOLDComedy! 😉 😇
Curl up with a copy of our own original and exclusive 'zine: Comedy Advice from V Funny Women and Non-Binary Folks, in which 49* comics from Adrienne Chalepah to Jo Firestone to X Mayo share with GOLD the best—and WORST–comedy advice they've ever gotten.
Plus both of the $25 rewards!
*49 is funnier than 50.
Pan for comedy gold in your own life with a copy of GOLD's exclusive 100 Best Personal Writing Prompts. This is an extended dance version (50% more prompts!) of the worksheet we provide to our paying members. It's a writing and brainstorming tool—not just for comics—that you can go back to to juice our creativity again and again.
PLUS: All rewards through $50.
Enable a new member to join GOLD's sketch teams through our scholarship program.
We are committed to keeping our doors wide open to people from underrepresented backgrounds and underfunded bank accounts. Through our scholarship program, we are able to offer individuals 50% off ($150) one year of membership in GOLD ($300), with full access to everything included. The fuller this fund, the bigger the opportunity and impact our teams can provide.
Our need- and demographic-aware scholarships are open to:
- People of color
- Women
- Veterans
- LGBTQ+ individuals
- Folks without the means to afford full GOLD membership
- Folks with disabilities
AND: We'll list your name in a dedicated space on our website.
PLUS: All rewards through $100.
Help us put the FUN in FUNd!
You or a funny friend of choice will receive a 1-year membership in the GOLD Comedy Club: where women/non-binary folks grow their comedy skills, careers, and side hustles. Includes: unlimited live/on-demand classes and workshops, celeb/pro speaker series, open mics and shows, access to a network of peers and pros, and more, mostly online, all on a private, ad-free, bro-vibe-free platform. ($299 value; can be gifted.)
PLUS: Your name will appear in a dedicated space on our website.
AND: All rewards through the $100 level.
MORE ADDED!
Girl walks into a bar ... and signs her book for you! We've got a copy of Rachel Dratch's hilarious, touching memoir with your name on it...like, actually Sharpied for you by Rachel actual Dratch! Enjoy this collectors' item, and (re)reading the book!
PLUS: All rewards through the $250 level.
Girl walks into a bar ... and signs her book for you! We've got a copy of Rachel Dratch's hilarious, touching memoir with your name on it...like, actually Sharpied for you by Rachel actual Dratch! Enjoy this collectors' item, and (re)reading the book!
PLUS: All rewards through the $250 level.
Realize a comedy dream just by showing up! You'll get the chance to appear as an extra in one of our sketch productions. If we've got a team in your city, it'll be IRL, but if not, fear not: we'll get you in there virtually. Open to folks of any gender/age/species. Show off your kids/pets! (Can also be gifted.)
PLUS: All rewards through $250.
Award-winning journalist/novelist/GOLD founder Lynn Harris will punch up your article/essay/speech draft.** (We hear she's good.)
PLUS: Your name will appear in a dedicated space on our website.
AND: All rewards through the $100 level.
**In the interest of complying with WGA strike rules and supporting/protecting writers, projects discussed with Lynn must be designed for written publication or live performance only. Projects submitted should be designed for a one-hour punch-up session.
Get one actionable, inspirational, enviable hour of one-on-one coaching (virtual) with one of three distinguished, award-winning experts in the comedy field! Choose from:
- 1 hour of expert coaching on your storytelling or standup designed for live performance only**) with Ophira Eisenberg (NPR, The Moth, "Parenting is a Joke" on iHeartMedia)
- 1 hour of expert feedback on your sketch video/digital short with triple-Emmy-nominated GOLD sketch teams manager Ana Breton (Samantha Bee, Drew Barrymore, Kelly Clarkson)**
- 1 hour of expert feedback on your TV show idea, pitch, or pilot script (for a 1/2 hour show) with GOLD Label premium instructor Ryan Elizabeth Cunningham (Broad City, Search Party, Inside Amy Schumer)**
Note: Only 3 of each are available. We will update as needed.
PLUS: All rewards through the $250 level.
**Notes in support of the WGA strike: Ryan has no relationship with any struck companies. No interaction with Ryan about television writing should be considered an actual pitch.
Reading books by/about funny women is fundamental. Choose three books from GOLD's curated bookshelf!
PLUS: All rewards through the $250 level.
Somebody, somewhere named THE LEGENDARY BRIDGET EVERETT will sing you or a friend a customized Happy Birthday greeting!
(The greeting will be virtual and pre-recorded.)
PLUS: All rewards through $250.
Enable 5 new members to join GOLD's teams through our scholarship program.
We are committed to keeping our doors wide open to people from underrepresented backgrounds and underfunded bank accounts. Through our scholarship program, we are able to offer 50% off ($150) one year of membership in GOLD ($300), with full access to everything included. The fuller this fund, the bigger the opportunity and impact our teams can provide.
Our need- and demographic-aware scholarships are open to:
- People of color
- Women
- Veterans
- LGBTQ+ individuals
- Folks without the means to afford full GOLD membership
- Folks with disabilities
PLUS: All rewards through the $250 level.
Help us put the FUN in FUNd!
Take Your Sense of Humor To Work Day: How To Be Authentically Funny and Appropriately Professional (and Why it Will Help You Get More Done)—a 2-hour workshop for women + non-binary folks led by GOLD founder and CEO Lynn Harris.
Available online or in person (NYC only). Bring Lynn to your workplace, professional community, or group of friends!
PLUS: All rewards through the $100 level AND a 1-year membership in GOLD Comedy (see $250 level info).
Make yourself HEARD with this private 90-minute Power Session with GOLD's pals at Vital Voice Training. You will:
- learn what voice and communication work can do for you
- how to nail your short speech/elevator speech
- take home some tools for self-inquiry and, if you like, a custom plan for moving forward
PLUS: All rewards through $500.
Q: Who spent 9 years as the hilarious host of NPR's Ask Me Another? A: Ophira Eisenberg, and she's ready to run a private trivia game for 10 friends in your home (NYC only) or Zoom room. We'll also build out your bar with a sampling of Parch non-alcoholic agave spirits!
PLUS: All rewards through $250.
Everyone's got a story—but not everyone gets to workshop theirs IN THEIR OWN HOME with frequent Moth Story Slam host Ophira Eisenberg. She'll come to you in person in NYC, or via Zoom elsewhere, and spend 2.5 hours helping you and four friends edit, polish, and present your stories. And we'll throw in tasty beverages provided by Parch non-alcoholic agave spirits!
PLUS: All rewards through $500.
This day is that day! A full-day private standup workshop for your team or friends (women and non-binary), ending in a homegrown performance for friends/family/fans/co-workers. Get to know comedy technique—and each other—and write jokes only YOU can tell.10 people max. Led by GOLD founder Lynn Harris, who designed GOLD's flagship standup curriculum.
Even if you don't dream of being the next Ali Wong, comedy will give you power. Because when you make people laugh, you make people listen.
You will get the tools to:
- Write faster
- Think sharper
- Read a room
- Listen closer
- Land a punch
- Thicken your skin
- Mine your life for material
- Write jokes only YOU can write
- Find more funny all around you
We will come to your home/office/other space, bearing beverages from Parch non-alcoholic agave spirits.
PLUS: All rewards through $250.
Turn your home into a friendly comedy club with a private standup comedy show featuring the stylings of Negin Farsad (Wait Wait Don't Tell me, Fake The Nation), Ophira Eisenberg (NPR, The Moth), and 3 other beloved and /impressive women/non-binary comics such as Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Jo Firestone, or Jes Tom (pending availability). NYC only.
AND
Celebrity makeup artist Theo Kogan (model, actress, lead singer of Lunachicks) will come to your home to glam you up before the big event.
AND
Fun beverages provided by Parch non-alcoholic agave spirits!
PLUS: All rewards through the $250 level.
Elite members of GOLD's digital teams will create awesome branded content for your awesome product.
Deliverables include: onboarding meeting, proposal, revisions, final production of 1 YouTube short.
(Comp: This ditty was featured by a national physical therapy chain.)
Questions first? Please ask!
Be the Lorne/Lorna Michaels of GOLD's digital teams!
You will get:
- Executive Producer credit on every sketch made by the 2023 teams cohort, and on our website
- The opportunity to visit a set and/or team meeting
- The chance to make a cameo in a sketch
- The deep satisfaction of knowing that you are an essential accelerant of the success of women and other "others" in comedy
PLUS:
- All rewards through $250
- The Work Room
- The Personal Trainer (your choice of 1)
- 1 at-home/virtual event (The Game Show, The Story Slam, The Home Club)